Gustav Mahler

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Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and conductor.

Mahler was best known during his own lifetime as one of the leading orchestral and operatic conductors of the day, but he has since come to be acknowledged as among the most important post-romantic composers – a remarkable feat for a figure whose mature creativity was concentrated in just two genres: song and symphony. Besides the nine completed symphonies, his principal works are the song cycles Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (usually rendered as ‘Songs of a Wayfarer’, but literally ‘Songs of a Travelling Journeyman’) and Kindertotenlieder (‘Songs on the Death of Children’), and the synthesis of symphony and song cycle that is Das Lied von der Erde (‘The Song of the Earth’).

Mahler told fellow composer Jean Sibelius in 1907 that “a symphony should be like the world: it must embrace everything”; putting this philosophy into practice, he brought the genre to a new level of artistic development. Increasing the range of contrasts within and between movements necessitated an expansion of scale and scope (at around 95 minutes, his six-movement Symphony No. 3 is the longest in the general symphonic repertoire) – while the admission of vocal and choral elements (with texts drawn from folk-poetry, Nietzsche, Goethe, Chinese literature, and Medieval Roman Catholic mysticism) made manifest a philosophical as well as autobiographical content.

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1	Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor (Adagietto) {15}	286
2	Adagietto full track	265
3	Um Mitternacht full track	153
4	Symphony No. 6, 3. Andante Moderato	149
5	Part II: Ich spur’ soeben nebeind um Felsenhoh - Hier ist die Aussicht frei -… full track	145
6	III. In ruhig fliessender Bewegung full track	140
7	Symphony No. 6, 2. Scherzo. Wuchtig	131
8	Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen full track	130
9	Andante moderato full track	114
10	Der Abschied full track	111
11	Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - I Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht	106
12	The Beautiful Blue Danube full track	102
13	Rheinlegendchen full track	96
14	4. Sehr langsam. Misterioso full track	95
15	Part II: Er uberwachst uns schon - vom edlen Geisterchor umgeben full track	94

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limeharry wrote:
Sunday afternoon

wundervoll,ergreifend - klingt vielleicht pathetisch , ist aber einfach so

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ElliotClowes wrote:
last month

I cried the first time I heard Mahler.

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BloodyWalls wrote:
last month

6th, first movement! heftig, aber markig, baby!

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toomanyviolins wrote:
last month

Anyone ever played resurrection? Best piece ever.

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shadowarmy75 wrote:
last month

He's on tour because people play his works. I think it's just fine.

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douglas7308 wrote:
last month

Did anybody hear Symphony 6 performed by the Chicago Symphony orchestra at the Proms?

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Count_Blah wrote:
last month

symphony no.2

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higginst wrote:
August 2008

Symphony No. 1, i'm pretty sure its my favourite piece of classical music ever.

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SirAdam wrote:
August 2008

I love him, you are right to say that it's sad that not everybody shares this feeling. I love the 1st, the 5th and the 6th...and I cry when I listen to Kindertotenlieder...expecially the 1st and the 4th one. But I am always looking to go further into his music and other music too...so maybe I will be loving other composition from him just the same I love those above.

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tkonfm wrote:
August 2008

His best is easily the 9th.

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Brucknerian wrote:
August 2008

Can we all agree that Mahler was a great composer ? I cannot pick a symphony whom I think is best , they each have their own special qualities and they are each unique and worth listening to . Mahler , for me , does not write music , but something more , something greater . His music is the drug I need every day . Sadly not everyone sees what I see greetz

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David_Kardex wrote:
August 2008

Really love it

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tkonfm wrote:
August 2008

Mahler's horns blow me away every time.

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Alpha86 wrote:
July 2008

stephenhoffman: Exactly, Last.FM tries to be too smart there :)

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stephenhoffman wrote:
July 2008

Why does it say that he's on tour? He's been dead for nearly 100 years.

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Pentastar wrote:
July 2008

Maybethe 6th symphonie is the best, especially the 3. movement. Hugely soulful...

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Taithmhionna wrote:
July 2008

Mahler 1 is an absolute masterpiece imho. I'd put it in my top 10 ever, ever, ever ...

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surcinema wrote:
July 2008

NB Web design pieces correct edresses on Mahler work as visual with stills of Alma and Gustav Mahler's masterpieces and cinema docdrama http://www.xmail.net/technologos/Am.html and http://www.xmail.net/technologos/Alma.html

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surcinema wrote:
June 2008

Web design piece on Mahler work as visual with stills of Alma and Gustav Mahler http://www.xmail.net/technologos/Alma1.htmalong with memorial of Rostropovich http://www.xmail.net/technologos/AM.html

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Schayzelden wrote:
June 2008

Symphony No. 2 is absolutely mindblowing.

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